West Champaran: Tiger enthusiasts of the state have one more reason to rejoice as 6 new tiger cubs were born in the Valmiki Tiger Reserve Forest of Bihar recently. Earlier, there were 22 tigers in the grassland also known as Valmiki National Park.
“A tigress gave birth to the cubs in the Madanpur forest range and all the cubs are healthy and doing well.”, several news websites quoted a forest official.
A tigress gave birth to 6 cubs, which in itself a rare phenomenon because usually they deliver 3-4 cubs at a time . All the cubs are healthy and doing well, quoted another forest department official.
Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) is one of the natural virgin recesses in east India, situated in the north west corner of Bihar. The pristine forest and wilderness of VTR is an excellent example of Himalayan Terai landscape. VTR comprises the Valmiki National Park and Valmiki Wildlife Sanctuary.
The wild mammals found in the forest of VTR are tiger, Rhinoceros, Black bear, Leopard, Wild dog, wild buffalo, wild boar etc. There are several species of deer and antelopes found in VTR which are barking deer, spotted deer, Hog deer, Shambhar, Blue bull. Apart from that hyena, Leopard cat, Wild cat, fishing cat, Languor, monkey, and flying squirrel can also be sighted in VTR. The Tiger Population in the Reserve was 10 in 2010, which increased to 22 in 2013 and now to 28.